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| The Hidden Canyon: A River Journey | 
| Authors: John Blaustein, Edward Abbey
Creator: Martin Litton
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 455593
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 8.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0811822613
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.91320453
EAN: 9780811822619
ASIN: 0811822613
Publication Date: April 1, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Text is close to like new. Slight wear to cover, otherwise nice conditon. Prompt shipping OUT. Will respond to e-mail questions within 24 hours.
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Product Description
The Grand Canyon continues to be the most popular of our national parks. While millions gaze at its cliffs each year, only 15,000 float through the canyon on the Colorado River. A landmark portrait of the Grand Canyon, this is the only photography book to document this amazing journey from river level. Now this classic is back in print, with an updated preface and introduction and a dozen new photographs. A journal in photos and words, The Hidden Canyon captures the desert landscape and the thrill of the rapids. Edward Abbey's journal filled with wry humor and respect for the canyon describes the journey as the dories (small wooden boats) alternately float and charge through the breathtaking landscapes and some of the roughest white water in North America.
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A River Journey January 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been down part of the Colorado from Diamond Creek to Lake Mead but have never had the means or opportunity to see the rest at water's edge. Ed Abbey's text and John Blaustein's photos take me on a vicarious trip that brings back all the excitement of white water and the awsome experience of gazing up and up at the canyon's walls that many only view from the rim. It's a different canyon down there and a river journey allows me to see it all and remember the feel of ancient schist and the plaintive song of the canyon wren. It's a book to read and look at again and again even if you can never visit or revisit the river itself.
The Hidden Canyon: A River Journey November 5, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a person how recently did a two week raft trip down the Grand Canyon, I can say that this book visually caputures the essence of the experience! The pictures are wonderful. I have recommended it to my rafting friends as well as some Grand Canyon river guides.
The Hidden Canyon : A River Journey February 27, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having done the Colorado in a private raft, The Hidden Canyon absolutely thrilled me - again - as much with its elegant pictures as with Edward Abbey's flat-out-fun narration.
AWE INSPIRING!! July 28, 1999
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Having rafted the Colorado myself 2 years ago, this was a perfect souvenir-reminder of my trip. The photos in particular are exquisite - some I have no idea how he managed to capture without ending up in the river himself. I lost my Pentax to the very first rapid! This book definitely gives a sense of what the Canyon, the river, and the rapids are like. Makes me want to go back!
Breathtaking July 13, 1999
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have traveled through the Grand Canyon many times, both on the river and on the trails. John Blaustein has not only been able to capture the beauty of the canyon but also the soul of the river it contains. Abbey's journal is a fine compliment to the pulchritude of the pictures.
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